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s. E.-Greenlandic. 

 qaorqeriarmage tauva 

 tutigpâ yiuliagssane, 

 tutigtarêrsimalerdlige 

 manerqdkut sarvamut 

 manigsângitsumut aut- 

 dlarpoq. ertijpoq sd- 

 ningâraline. navtul- 

 nartine tortulârpalug- 

 poq : tâkipavse, icikî- 

 pavse. 



akivât: sôq. sarvaq 

 imauvoq. nuliane pô- 

 ratsiorquvâ. pôratsior- 

 tarêrmage qaoriarmat 

 ornerqigpâ. tamdko 

 sigssamltai'ujuvif ta- 

 maisa soqumerdligit 

 pôrtorpai salingmar- 

 sautit misarqatdlo 

 imertigkanut agdlât 

 anâlagkânut agdlât. 



uterdline aggerqig- 

 poq; tikeriarijigkame 

 pisât nereriardligit o- 

 qarijigpok : qanermike 



W.-Greenlandic. 

 qaorqeriarmago tauva 

 tutigpâ nuliaqssane, 

 tutigtarêrsimalerdlugo 

 sikûkut sarfamut ang- 

 malatamut autdlarpoq. 

 ersserpoq sanimor- 

 ssordlune. navsuitdlî- 

 nardlune tordlulaor- 

 palugpoq : tàkûpavse, 

 tdkûpavse. 



akivât: sumik? sar- 

 faq imauvoq. nuliane 

 pôrtaliorquvâ. pôrta- 

 liortarêrmane qaoriar- 

 mat ornerqigpâ. sig- 

 ssatmtorujuit tamaisa 

 sukumerdlugit pôrtor- 

 pai uitdlut, kigssavau- 

 ssatdlo , qerqûssatdlo 

 augpilagtunut agdlât. 



uterdlune aggerqig- 

 poq; tikeriarame pi- 

 sane nereriardlugit o- 

 qariarpoq: qanorme 



English, 

 he lay with his bride, 

 and when he had had 

 intercourse with her, 

 he went over the ice 

 to a place where the 

 current always kept the 

 water open. He came 

 in sight running side- 

 ways. As soon as he 

 was recognisable, he 

 called out: "1 have 

 seen something for you, 

 I have seen something 

 for you!" 



They reply to him : 

 "What?" "The stream 

 place into the sea is free 

 from ice." He bids his 

 wife make a bag. When 

 she had made the bag 

 for him he went out 

 there again next morn- 

 ing. All that was to 

 be found on the beach, 

 he collected in the bag, 

 without leaving any- 

 thing, mussels, scallops 

 and seaweed, yes, even 

 the red seaweed. 



Then he went and 

 came home again. When 

 he had come home, and 

 had eaten what he had 



